Country comparison
South Sudan vs Uganda
South Sudan is 2.7× the size of Uganda. Uganda has 4.2× the population of South Sudan.
Side by side
| South Sudan | Category | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
| 646,883 km² more | Area (2024) South Sudan: 2.7× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 241,551 km² |
| 12.2 million | Population (2025) Uganda: 4.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 51.4 million more |
| 19 people/km² | Population density (2024) Uganda: 13× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 249 people/km² |
| – | GDP per capita (2025) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 1,206 |
| 57.7 years | Life expectancy (2024) Uganda: 1.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 68.5 years more |
| – | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 9% |
| 18 years | Median age (2023) Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 16.5 years |
| 3.79 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) Uganda: 1.1× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 4.17 births per woman |
| – | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 0.2 t |
| 1 | VPN providers with servers in the country VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 1 |
| English | Official languages Shared language: English Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Swahili, English |
| South Sudanese pound (SSP) | Currency ISO 4217 | Ugandan shilling (UGX) |
| Type C, D · 230 V | Plugs and voltage No shared plug type · different voltage | Type G · 240 V |
| UTC+2 | Time zone of the capital Time difference: 1 h IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+3 |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
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Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.